Welcome To The Relaunch Of OpenChest.com
It’s a fresh new face for our CEO, Raj Girn’s, personal website, openchest.com. The website, which launched back in 2011, houses all of Raj’s cover-story interviews, past and present, for ANOKHI Magazine, OPEN CHEST TV interviews that she hosted, as well as her personal blog posts interacting with her friends and fans. All this content now has been rebranded with a new look and, most importantly, new features — a fresh new experience for you all!
Viewers will be able to get a better glimpse into Raj’s multifaceted personality with beautiful shots by Agnes Kiesz of Pure Studios showcasing Raj in various looks.
L–R: The woman, the glam girl, the wild child
And the great news is you’ll be able to share your fave posts from openchest.com in a slew of new ways with the vast amount of social media plugins you all love so much!
You’ll still find everything you loved from the site, such as celebrity pics in her gallery section, OPEN CHEST TV interviews, personal blog notes from Raj herself as well as her insightful written interviews with renowned names from Hollywood (Freida Pinto, Noureen Dewulf), Bollywood (Salman Khan, Archana Kochhar) and, of course, crossover stars like Priyanka Chopra as well as lists that show most recent posts and most popular.
The United Kingdom native, who moved to Canada after getting married at the tender age of 22, is now a single mom of a 17-year-old and the head of the savvy global South Asian community known as ANOKHI MEDIA. Raj Girn, no stranger to reinvention, has done it again — and this time with an improved Open Chest site.
What Viewers Can Enjoy
Content functionality: Enjoy easier navigation to content based on searchable categories like Film/TV, Music, Fashion/Beauty, Media, and Business. It’s as easy as placing your mouse over the OC INTERVIEWS and OC TV tabs in the main navigation panel to gain access to these categories. Note that there will be a ton more interviews added regularly, so don't forget to check back often!
Blog: View a thumbnail photo for each new post, so get ready for photo sharing in each and every blog post moving forward. Check it out here.
Commenting: Now you can comment while logged in to your Facebook account without having to take that extra step to sign in to a separate account before you can leave a comment.
Contact: This section allows you to connect with Raj and her online team directly at any time. Click here to access the contact page.
Submit a Story: For the first time in her 12 years of interviewing well-known personalities only, Raj is welcoming submissions from people of all walks of life to have the opportunity to tell their unique stories through an interview with her. We’re thrilled to be able to announce this new and exciting platform to our community. This is Raj’s next big phase of OPEN CHEST, where she hopes you’ll come along for the lesson, experience and ride! If you’ve got a story to tell, whether it's your own, a friend’s, or a family member's, and you believe it deserves a chance to be heard, click here to get in touch.
Feeling shy about connecting? Here’s what celebrities had to say about Raj.
“I was very excited to do my first cover story and interview with a South Asian magazine. I loved my interview with Raj and ANOKHI Magazine. Thank you for the opportunity to reach out to my global South Asian fan base!”
Kim Kardashian, Reality TV Star
“I thoroughly enjoyed Raj’s interview because it was clear to me that she did her research and put a lot of thought and preparation into it, and got more out of me than just the generic questions that are so often asked. As a result, it felt more like a wonderful in-depth and free-flowing conversation with a very smart friend! We covered so many aspects of my life, both personal and career, that I feel Raj almost effortlessly got the 'real me' in this interview, which was one of my favourites yet!”
Jay Sean, Singer-Songwriter
“Raj is smart, intelligent and one of the best in the game. She is always on top of whatever she is doing. Loved working with her.”
Anjula Acharia-Bath, CEO & Co-Founder, Desi Hits Inc.
To view more testimonials, visit: openchest.com/profile/testimonials.
Winner of the ICCC Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2013) and named among Desiclub’s 50 Coolest South Asians in the World list (2005), Raj is a force you’ll enjoy connecting with.
To learn more about Raj’s accomplishments to date, visit: openchest.com/profile/accomplishments
Log on today and see the new look for yourself, then connect with Raj at openchest.com.
Don’t forget to drop us a comment below or tweet us at @ANOKHI_Media with your thoughts on the new look.
Raj's Image credits:
Photo: Agnes Kiesz of Pure Studios
Shoot Direction: Daniel Ashwin Pillai
Tunic: Celebrity Fashion Designer Alia Qureshi Alia As Alia
Hair: Roz Mogani of Makeup Defined
Makeup: Gargi Patel of Vasanti Cosmetics
Creative Design: AnEntity Inc. Adil H.